I've been a religious, spiritual person for a long time.

Jazz has borrowed from other genres of music and also has lent itself to other genres of music.

The spirit of jazz is the spirit of openness.

Don't be afraid to expand yourself, to step out of your comfort zone. That's where the joy and the adventure lie.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

Music is the tool to express life - and all that makes a difference.

Forget about trying to compete with someone else. Create your own pathway. Create your own new vision.

I think there's a great beauty to having problems. That's one of the ways we learn.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.

The most valuable things in life are priceless. They are courage, compassion, wisdom, respect for ourselves and others, and a host of characteristics that we call the beauty of the human spirit.

Perhaps time’s definition of coal is the diamond.

She wore her battle scars like wings, looking at her you would never know that once upon a time she forgot how to fly

In those few words you've summed up my life - my reason for existence. It's you. Any pain I've suffered, the mistakes I've made, the path laid out for me have all led here - to you.

Broken love is the most dangerous love. It will slice you open with every touch.

A formula can be very simple, and create a universe of bottomless complexity.

Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.

When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore.

People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

"What did you do?" I scream. "You die, I die too."